Fourth Legend

[kingsgambit]

[Arthur]

There's a woman here by the name of Igraine, in my world she's your mother.

[If you have questions, ask them, in other words.]


[Morgana]

[He can't do one Pendragon without doing the other after all, right? Right. So after some thought he filters to Morgana as well.]

What do you know of a woman named Igraine?

[His task for the Pendragon family, or rather the ones here and he's taken upon himself to meddle with, done, he sets himself up in the lobby on a sofa, a few pieces of wood in hand as he works on carvings for various people.]

I'd ask about how many of you are royalty, but I think I'd very much regret asking, much like I'd regret asking about parties. But I've never been one to value my peace of mind, so tell me, how many of you claim a title of power or importance or similar? [Asking outright probably wouldn't get him very far, but hey it's a start. He likes to keep track of such things after all and Igraine's arrival has made him think about such things.]

((ooc: Open for kissmass shenanigans as well!))

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[inafadingcrown]

I would not think such things would matter to you. [And, yes, there's a little snark in her tone. Sorry, Merlin. Your manners did not impress her.]

dictated

[kingsgambit]

[If he's hurt it doesn't show in his voice when he answers.] Such things matter when my queen arrives and another here claims to be my king.

[inafadingcrown]

[Ah, loyalty to his own. She could respect that.] Then I will tell you that there are a good number here who posses titles. They mean little to the castle at large, however.

[kingsgambit]

[Indeed, he's just looking out for them and by proxy, anyone they've come to know. A little digging never hurt either, just in case they turned.] Doesn't mean such things are forgotten by them however, rather difficult to ignore a title such as king or lord, isn't it?

[inafadingcrown]

[Dryly:] You may be surprised. I will tell you that many seem to have no difficult ignoring the title of "Lady."

Dictated;

[wilder]

[Huh. This guy again? He's not about to advertise his full title, but he'll throw in a bite]

I'm a member of a high noble house, but I don't see how it has any importance in this world.

Dictated

[radiantwingedone]

Could claim. Choose not to.

[kingsgambit]

[Okay, he's snickering on the inside but on the outside he's just going to sound a little amused.] But you don't forget who you are, do you?

[persequor]

My brother is King in the North. Our foresires were the Kings of Winter.

Dictated;

[kingsgambit]

[He's taking notes in how people behave here okay? It's a study, just in case he gets his Arthur or something and has to smack him around.]

It's not something you particularly care about then?

Merlin;

[reigne]

I know.

[The delivery is short and flat. Of all the things he's recently figured out about this place, it's the one he'd wished to find out the least]

We had this misfortune of meeting already.

Dictated

[kingsgambit]

Because here it doesn't matter or because it's something you could care less about?

Dictated

[radiantwingedone]

Care less about; attaches me to a group would rather not be.

[kingsgambit]

Why the change in title?

Dictated;

[wilder]

In this place? Why should I?

[persequor]

Changes in the land.

Arthur;

[kingsgambit]

[That's his fault for not immediately filtering to him, isn't it? Oh well, he'll figure things out as they go.

He does sound a little, well, sorry for not giving him warning earlier.]

Not a happy reunion then? [He'd ask if she was dead, it's her fate in their world after all, but he doesn't want to anger the young king too much.]

Dictated

[kingsgambit]

What did they do to make you wish such a thing? [He's curious and can't help it.]

Dictated

[radiantwingedone]

Tried to kill a friend and I for saving them.

Dictated;

[kingsgambit]

They're who you are. they may have no meaning here, but it's in your blood.

[Or you know, that's what he tells Arthur. His Arthur, but yeah.]

dictated

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[And here's the small voice of a young elf:]

And why might you regret it?

I am one such person. My father is king of Mirkwood.

[kingsgambit]

What do you see yourself as then? [If her brother is king, then what does it make her? At least in her eyes.]

Dictated;

[wilder]

[He snorts]

My blood's not so thin that it'll evaporate if people see me as a nobody here.

Dictated

[kingsgambit]

Why did they try to kill you for such a thing? [Really dude, that seems weird.]

Merlin;

[reigne]

Should it have been? She certainly isn't my mother.

[Definitely not a happy reunion, and it has more to do with the mess Uther has made of his son's life, prior to dying, than it has anything to do with Igraine herself. If he had known her, if he had known of her, if she had been anything more than some perfect virtuous ghost he'd drawn up in his head to try and honour her memory, if he'd ever been capable of feeling more for her than guilty for her death...

He might have taken to the news easier. He'd always wanted to not have to wonder anymore, as to the person she was, and know that he can? Well, she's the wrong woman. It's a bitter pill to swallow]